BALANCING LIFE WITH FLAIR – Mindaugas Gradeckas

From being an unknown, to competing in Legends, to working at one of the greatest Flair bars in the world, we give you Mr. Mindaugas Gradeckas. We stacked up the questions...

RACKING UP A PHONE BILL – Phone Box Wine Rack

In our search for weird and wonderful Barware from around the World we came across this beauty. Made of wood and glass this wine rack is shaped like an old fashioned...

LIFE AFTER FLAIR – Owning a bar (Part III)

Getting away from the “How’s” of running a bar, we should bring up the one thing you will need that’s very important. Time.  We will assume you’re not filthy rich and...

THE BLUE BLAZER

THE BLUE BLAZER November 21st – 22nd 2004 Kahunaville, Las Vegas, USA By Jim Allison The Blue Blazer Challenge 2004 had the most significant impact on the Flair industry since Quest...

A GREAT GUY FROM URUGUAY – Danilo Oribe

Fresh from his big win at the IBA (International Bartenders Association) World finals. Mr. Danilo Oribe sat down with us after a big day for Uruguay! Age? I am 21 years...

How’s that for a Mat?

QUEST FOR THE BEST

QUEST FOR THE BEST October 24th -26th 2004 Pleasure Island, Orlando, Florida, USA By Rob Husted The Quest is back and better then before! We were all extremely excited to hear...

PLEASED TO ‘MITSU’ – Team Japan sends us Mitsuhiro Kaneshiro

It seems that at every major Flair bartending competition there is always one dark horse. One person that nobody has seen before, that just amazes everybody with there style of Flair....

LIFE AFTER FLAIR – Owning a bar (Part II)

So you are now interested in starting your own bar venture. What comes next? There are certain steps you must take to be successful. We had to make a few decisions...

Boot Camp!